McCallum

English

Alternative forms

• McCullum

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Caluim (“son of Calum”).

Proper noun

McCallum (countable and uncountable, plural McCallums)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A community on the south coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCallum is the 3495^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10229 individuals. McCallum is most common among White (73.74%) and Black/African American (21.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCallum”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.